Welcome Josh Bourke as Senior Men’s Head Coach with Mick Lovejoy and Nick Moodie as Senior Men’s Assistant Coaches.
The Beaumaris Football Club would like to announce the appointment of Josh Bourke to the position of Senior Men’s Head Coach.
In this role Josh will be joined by Mick Lovejoy and Nick Moodie as his assistant coaches.
Most recently, Josh was St Kevins Head Coach in the APS last year. He has been Head Coach at the Sandringham Dragons, a Senior Assistant Coach at the BFC and in 2010 was Head Coach of the BFC U19s, which won the VAFA premiership. Josh comes to the role with a strong understanding of the important junior to senior transition. He is also currently completing his Masters in Education.
Mick Lovejoy is a former BFC Seniors Head Coach, Reserves Coach and U19 Coach. He was also Head Coach of Old Melbournians. For the last 11 years Mick has been the Sandy Dragons Senior Assistant Coach.
Nick Moodie has extensive local football experience and recently was Coach of the Dragons Futures Program and has outstanding credentials to assist our BFC Junior pathways program.
Football Operations Director Nick Heath welcomed the return of Josh to the club, with the added bonus of having Mick Lovejoy and Nick Moodie join him as his assistants. “This is a tremendous appointment for the Club. Josh is a highly accredited and respected coach and the BFC is delighted to have Josh return to the Club as Senior Head Coach. Josh has an acute understanding of the importance of player retention and the smooth transition of Junior footy to Senior footy. He brings with him two highly esteemed men in the world of coaching, Mick Lovejoy and Nick Moodie. This heralds an exciting new era for the Beaumaris Football Club.”
Retiring Club President, Terry Lucas, is currently overseas but had this to say, " I want to personally welcome Josh and Mick back to the club and Nick Moodie to the club. I have every confidence they will build on the great foundation laid by Bluey McKenna and the previous coaching group over the last 5 years. The club is in a strong position on and off the field and I look forward to what the new coaches and committee will bring as we move forward to 2023 and beyond. Its an exciting time to be a Beaumaris Shark”.
In accepting the role Josh issued the following statement.
“I am extremely excited to be returning to the BFC, the club that largely gave me my start in footy as a coach. I am keen to build a club that can be sustainably competitive in ‘A Grade’, whilst importantly, having supporting teams for players of all abilities, particularly players flowing from the strong BFC Junior program. It’s also very special for me to be returning to the BFC with my Sandringham Dragons coaching team of Mick Lovejoy and Nick Moodie, men of outstanding quality and football pedigree. They are highly respected coaches and it’s quite a coup to have such accomplished and highly qualified assistant coaches join me. I look forward to an exciting new era with the Sharks.
Once a Shark, Always a Shark!”
